3D Shop

Courses conducted in the 3D Shop introduce you to the equipment, tools, techniques, and safe work practices associated with the area. Full-time staff support and reinforce that instruction, maintaining the equipment and ensuring a safe work environment. Shop staff can also provide technical assistance in all aspects of fabrication—from stretcher building, to welding, to casting—helping you turn your ideas into reality.

Digital Fabrication

3D printers capable of printing in several materials

3D scanners for digitizing real-world objects and environments

CNC routers and mills

Laser cutter/engravers

Metal Shop

Ceramic shell investment casting equipment for bronze, etc.

English wheel

Forge with forced-air furnace

Hydraulic iron worker

Metal lathes

Milling machines

Pipe and tube benders

Plasma cutter

Plate shear

Sheet metal fabrication equipment

Welders (oxy-acetylene, MIG, and TIG)

Wood Shop

Bandsaws

Jointers

Lumber mill

Mortise machine

Panel saw

Planers

SawStop table saws

Wood lathes

Additional Equipment

Electronics prototyping workstations

Industrial sewing machines

Vacuum former and sheet bender for plastics

"If I ever have a question on how to build something, everyone in the 3D shop is more than happy to show me how to actually make these things that I’m seeing in my mind become a reality." –Nick Carroll